She was a literary pioneer. Peer of Virginia Woolf. Lover of H.G. Wells. Central figure in the emergence of modernist fiction.

And yet she died in poverty and obscurity.

This is the story of Dorothy Richardson.

“This is a sparkling debut full of passion and verve. Louisa Treger has written an enthralling historical novel about unconventional love, unrecognized genius, and the courage to turn heartbreak into art.”–Amanda Foreman, NY Times bestselling author of The Duchess